Madonna and woodsmoke

We have had an interesting weekend the highlight of which was Madonnas concert opening her European tour. Along the lines of seizing the day Lee and I bought some tickets for Madonna just after I was diagnosed with Hodgkins and then with all the fuss about the treatment we completely forgot about them. Thankfully Lee had written the date in her diary and remembered that the concert was this Sunday just a few weeks ago.

At first, given all the other things that were going on, we thought of just giving them away to friends but after some discussion we felt that we would try and make it as my immune system is pretty much back to normal after the chemo. So Lee set off to Aberdeen for a bit of a break with the girls while I was having my radiotherapy last Thursday. I was rescued from watching back episodes of the West Wing (thanks Charlie) by Lees friend Lorna who took me out for dinner at a nice resturant with a terrace where we could see the sun set. A great evening where I was feeling the end of the treatment approach.

Lee then left Poppy and Holly with her sister (which they loved as Dot and Gordon took them to the Moscow state circus) and came back to Edinburgh to pick me up along with Gary and his cousin Maxine for the Madonna concernt. Sunday we headed off and had a great time at the concert staying over in Cardiff for the evening, fantastic show, but very tiring so on the way back on Monday I slept in the back seat of the car for about four hours while lee drove home chatting to Maxine (Gary had a meeting in London so could not travel back with us).

I then went to the hospital for my radiotherapy on Monday feeling pretty rested so afterwards I was able to go to Aberdeen to get the kids, staying over for the night in our camp and driving down in the afternoon to get the next dose of radiotherapy so now I am "medium rare" and have two more treatments before I am "well done". However after the treatment today I had to call my friend John and then just crashed out in bed for three hours exhausted. It seems like the fatigue which had been predicted as a result of the radiotherapy is now arriving and I have that old double jet lag feeling again, I can keep going when I have to but once I stop I fall asleep at the drop of a hat!

So tonight we are all home, Holly is sorting out the mail beside me, and all is well in the world, talk to you all tomorrow !

Gerry